István Eiben

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Memorial plaque for István Eiben in the II. Budapest district

István Eiben , in German-language film Stefan Eiben (born December 21, 1902 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † October 23, 1958 in Budapest) was a Hungarian cameraman .

Live and act

Eiben joined film as a laboratory assistant in 1916 and had photographed his first film at the end of the First World War when he was not even 16. In his 40-year career, Eiben was henceforth behind the camera in a total of 150, mostly very conventionally designed, entertainment films with only rarely artistic aspirations - exceptions: Marie, a Hungarian legend and Menschen im Sturm (both 1932) - behind the camera, including the first sound film his Hungarian homeland (1931). In the 1930s he was also engaged for a number of German-Hungarian co-productions, in 1934 Eiben was also behind the camera in four emigrant films by German-speaking Jews from Hitler's empire ( " Peter ", " End bad, all good ", " Ball im Savoy ") , " Little Mummy " ).

At the end of the 1930s and during the Second World War , István Eiben also worked for some German and German-Hungarian productions that were shot in Budapest studios. For this, his name was Germanized to "Stefan Eiben". István Eiben survived the end of the war unscathed, and immediately after 1945 he continued to shoot films without interruption, albeit at a lower rate. From 1952 until his death, István Eiben also worked as a teacher at the Budapest University of Theater and Film. Eiben was particularly productive during the sound film years; he was behind the camera for up to a dozen films (1941) a year.

István Eiben's grave is in the Farkasrét Cemetery ( Farkasréti temető ) in Budapest.

Filmography

  • 1918: The Dangerous Bet (99)
  • 1919: A lélekidomár
  • 1919: Twist Olivér
  • 1920: A 111-es
  • 1920: A névtelen vár
  • 1922: Berendik Istvánnal
  • 1923: Az egyhuszasos lány
  • 1923: A kis rongyos
  • 1924: Pál utcai fiúk
  • 1924: Hazudik a muzsikaszó
  • 1925: Az elhagyottak
  • 1926: Az ördög mátkája
  • 1927: The Czardasfürstin (camera assistant)
  • 1927: naftalin
  • 1929: novel by a convent pupil (Mária novér)
  • 1929: Élet, halál, szerelem
  • 1931: Asszonyszelídíto
  • 1931: He and his servant (German version of Hyppolit, a lakáj)
  • 1932: The old crook (A vén gazember)
  • 1932: Marie, a Hungarian legend (Tavaszi zápor)
  • 1932: Repülo arany
  • 1932: People in the Storm (Ítél a Balaton)
  • 1932: ... and the Pussta lights up
  • 1933: Scandal in Budapest
  • 1933: Iza néni
  • 1933: A bor
  • 1933: Rakoczy March (German version by Rákóczi induló)
  • 1933: Egy éj Velencében
  • 1934: Ida regénye
  • 1934: Peter
  • 1934: Little mom
  • 1934: Lila akác
  • 1934: Búzavirág
  • 1934: Emmy
  • 1934: All's well that ends bad
  • 1934: Ball in the Savoy
  • 1934: spring parade
  • 1935: Dreams of love
  • 1935: Love whispers
  • 1935: 4½ musketeers (Három és fél muskétás)
  • 1936: girls' boarding school
  • 1936: Everything for Veronika
  • 1936: Where the lark sings
  • 1936: Maria novér
  • 1936: Bubi (Mircha)
  • 1937: Your personal hussar
  • 1937: his last model
  • 1937: Pesti mese
  • 1937: The kidnapped bride (Roxi and her wonder team)
  • 1937: Marika
  • 1938: Elcserélt ember
  • 1938: Péntek Rézi
  • 1938: The woman at the crossroads
  • 1938: Azurexpress
  • 1938: Beszállásolás
  • 1939: People from the Varieté
  • 1939: Toprini nász
  • 1939: Hands up, Commissioner
  • 1939: Földindulás
  • 1939: Semmelweis
  • 1940: Jöjjön elsején
  • 1940: Dankó Pista
  • 1940: Hazajáró lélek
  • 1940: Lángok
  • 1941: Végre!
  • 1941: Néma kolostor
  • 1941: Bob Herceg
  • 1941: Miért?
  • 1942: mask in blue
  • 1942: Házasság
  • 1942: Halálos csók
  • 1942: Katyi
  • 1942: Carnival of Love
  • 1943: Késo
  • 1943: Tilos a szerelem
  • 1943: The groom from Tehran (Afrikai volegény)
  • 1943: Zenélo malom
  • 1943: Rákóczi nótája
  • 1943: Fehér vonat
  • 1944: Ez történt Budapest
  • 1944: Vihar után
  • 1945: Tanítóno
  • 1946: Tanzrausch (Hazugság nélkül)
  • 1946: The King is on strike (Renée XIV.) (Unfinished)
  • 1947: Könnyu múzsa
  • 1948: Beszterce ostroma
  • 1949: Mágnás Miska
  • 1949: Janika
  • 1950: Uri muri
  • 1950: Katharina's marriage (Kis Katalin házassága)
  • 1951: Sandor manages (Becsület és dicsöség)
  • 1951: Déryné
  • 1952: Elso fecskék
  • 1952: Erkel
  • 1954: Rokonok
  • 1954: Me and my grandfather (Én és a nagyapám)
  • 1955: Julika with the snub nose (Egy pikoló világos)
  • 1956: Dollárpapa
  • 1957: Külvárosi legenda
  • 1957: A quiet home (Csendes otthon)
  • 1958: Felfelé a lejton

literature

  • Általános kislexikon I. (A – K). Főszerk. Bárány Lászlóné. Budapest: Magyar Nagylexikon. 2005.
  • International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) (ed.): International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film. Vol. 4: Germany (from the beginnings to 1945). KG Saur, Munich-New York-London-Paris 1984, p. 82 f.
  • John Cunningham. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex . Wallflower Press, 2004.
  • Magyar életrajzi lexicon IV .: 1978–1991 (A – Z). Főszerk. Kenyeres Ágnes. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1994.

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personal data
SURNAME Yew trees, István
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eiben, Stefan (only for German-language films)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1958
Place of death Budapest